lineage
/ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/
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lineage noun: descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
Noun
lineage (countable and uncountable, plural lineages)
- Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
- Theſe Anius Ueres [Marcus Annius Verus, father of Marcus Aurelius] was a lygnage, that auanced them to be deſcẽded [descended] of Numa Pompilio, and of Quintꝰ [Quintus] Curtius the famous Romayn: […]1531 March 20 (date written; Gregorian calendar), [Antonio de Guevara], “Of the Byrth and Lygnage of Marke Aurele Anthony Emperour”, in John Bourcher knyghte Lord Barners [i.e., John Bourchier, 2nd...
- Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, / Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,1596, [attributed to William Shakespeare; Thomas Kyd], The Raigne of King Edward the Third: […], London: […] [T. Scarlet] for Cuthbert Burby, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]
- A number of lines of text in a column.
- Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region1927, William Leonard Crum, Advertising Fluctuations, Seasonal and Cyclical
- These are mere excerpts of longer pieces by Sullivan on Boy George, and I have left out more pieces because of the limits of space. Let me add, the lineage in Sullivan's column devoted to Boy George in 1984 exceeds the lineage in the rest of the Herald devoted to all news of gays and lesbians in...1981 December 1, Ronnie Allen, “The Herald: Shunning and Insulting”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 4
- A fee or rate paid per line of text.
lineage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lineage in Hindi
- descent
- वंश vañś, कुल kul
lineage in Tamil
- வம்சம், வம்சாவளி, பரம்பரை, தலைமுறை
lineage in Marathi
- lineage, dynasty
- कुळ kuḷ
lineage in Urdu
- lineage
- گھرانا gharānā, بیخ bīx, کل kul
- lineage, bloodline; ancestry, genealogy
- دودمان dūdmān
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- lineage in Bengali
- কুল kul
- lineage in Malayalam
- വംശപാരമ്പര്യം vaṁśapāramparyaṁ
- lineage in Kannada
- ಬಳಿ, ಅಳಿ, ತಲಹು, ವಂಶಾವಳಿ
- lineage in Punjabi
- ਗੋਤ got, ਸਿਲਸਿਲਾ silsilā
- lineage in Gujarati
- વંશપરંપરા vañśparamaparā, પેઢી peḍhī
- lineage in Malay
- zuriat
- lineage in Persian
- تبار tabâr
Examples of lineage in a sentence
- To counterbalance those foreign centinels^([sic]), there mounted guard on the other side of the mirror two stout warders of Scottish lineage; […]1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume II (The Bride of Lammermoor)...
- “Ah, but these hens,” answered the young man,—“these hens of aristocratic lineage would scorn to understand the vulgar language of a barn-yard fowl.1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
- Perhaps Tess’s lineage had more value for himself than for anybody in the world beside.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London...
- They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction.2011 July 19, Ella Davies, “Stick insects survive one million years without sex”, in BBC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2016:
Forms of lineage
| plural | lineages |
|---|---|
| alternative form | linage |
Origin of lineage
From Middle English linage, from Old French linage, from ligne, from Latin linea (“line”); equivalent to line + -age.
Words formed from lineage
Phrases with lineage
Questions about lineage
- What does lineage mean?
- Lineage means descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
- What is lineage in Hindi?
- Lineage in Hindi is वंश (vañś), कुल (kul). See Lineage meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use lineage in a sentence?
- To counterbalance those foreign centinels^([sic]), there mounted guard on the other side of the mirror two stout warders of Scottish lineage; […]
- What part of speech is lineage?
- Lineage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lineage?
- Lineage is pronounced /ˈlɪn.i.ɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lineage?
- The plural of lineage is lineages.
Words near lineage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lineage (page history and authors); lineage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कुळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); بیخ (Urdu) (page history and authors); কুল (Bengali) (page history and authors); lineage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗੋਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); પેઢી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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